That part about Noel having two of those super expensive ASMR microphones...that reminds me of when Noel stated the money she sank into her personal studio was around 90,000 bucks (Soundproofing rooms, expensive tools and equipment, etc.). Audiophiles do not fuck around when it comes to high end stuff.
>spend mad dosh on audio equipment
>everyone is listening to it with dollar store headphones after being raped by youtube compression
holy shit that burn at the end. and that elite facial expression.
also why does it feel the shrine maiden didn't think that whole thing through and let her girldick jump onto the blonde menhera route. I can already see chammers NTR her with all of EN and half of jp.
As for the discussion about international offices, I mean, they could do it. Put it in a central location to where at least most talents are a short domestic flight away. It would at least be cheaper than renting a whole studio every once in a while, apparently. I don't see what is ridiculous about it. Sure, it wouldn't be cheap, but at least as they get bigger, it will allow them to do more stuff with international talents.
if they fly hours from coast to coast, might as well spend a few more and fly to japan directly. visa shouldn't be an issue if they're there for a week, maybe two tops (and they're legally already working for a japanese company). don't think even japan is that backward to not have a solution for cases like this.
it's mainly the coof fucking shit up for 2+ years, otherwise kiara could've easily jumped over to japan before/after the maldives vacation and be done with it, which would also allow her to have all kinds of guests and collabs.
as for price, it's simply not feasible however you slice it (cost in setting it up, usage etc.), in theory they could cut a deal with anycolor (and other corps), set up a subsidiary in the US whose whole purpose would be to support their US talents, and they could even rent it out to indies - this would at least make the cost justified in the eyes of the beancounters. this would also fix any possible "just let ame handle it" issues, imagine EN having their own studio for 10 people they can use however they see fit while the rest of cover has to squeeze into the main one. special treatment, even perceived, is always a bad idea. for the same reason it can also be that cover wants them do debut together first, if kiara pays out of her own pocket it's on her (although iirc they offered it calli but she declined unless everyone can).
the easiest solution for cover: simply get everyone to japan for 2-3 weeks, fuck get council and ID there too, make it a big event, after that everyone got their fill and can wait for the next one. however here is another issue: ina/calli/sana simply have no time for that, unless it's prepared months in advance (which they simply couldn't do thanks to the wuflu and politicians being retarded).
another aspect no one talked about could be that cover simply wants to stay in control of tech and software (especially after they got burned by china already). companies can be kinda cranky like that, I'd imagine a nip one even more.
there's simply no good solution, now add corp politics and talent spread out all over the fucking globe, and things can gridlock very easily taking a retarded amount of time to resolve.
